Big tech AI spending sell-off, Mistral Large 4 released

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Saturday 31 October 2026


Investors punish big tech for AI spending as Alphabet, Amazon, Intel and Meta sell off

Mistral releases trillion-parameter Mistral Large 4 model for self-hosting

Palantir's Mike Gallagher warns AI progress makes seizing Taiwan more tempting for China

Foxconn puts more than ten humanoid robots to work in its Texas facilities

Mistral's free chatbot Le Chat offers a European alternative AI assistant

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